Shade-bracket.



PATENTED MAR. 13, 1906.

H. MEYER.

SHADE BRACKET. I APPLICATION FILED OCT. 4, 1905.

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' "UNITED STATES PATENT 'oEFroE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application file'd. October 4, 1905. Serial No. 281,214.

Patented March 13, 1906.

Be it known that I, -HENRY MEYER, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of West Hoboken, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shade-Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to improvements in adjustable shade-brackets.

It pertains particularly to that type of shade-brackets which are permanently secured to the window-frame and may be horizontally adjusted, whereby the distance between the two brackets on one window is increased or decreased, according to the width of the shade to be mounted therein. By using this type of shade-brackets it is avoided that a number of holes are bored into the window-frame in the course of time, and the sole openings necessarily made when mounting the bracket are covered by the device, thus preventing that the frame be damaged and disfigured. Heretofore shade-brackets of this type have been constructed which were rather complicated, and therefore relatively expensive, which was a bar to their general introduction.

It is the special object of my invention to provide improved shade-brackets of this type which are simple in construction, consisting each of a few parts only, so that theymay be'manufactured very cheaply, and consequently generally introduced.

. The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings,'inwhichv Figure 1 represents in front view a pair. of

brackets embodying my invention secured to the window-frame and having a shade mounted therein. Fig. 2 illustrates in front elevation one bracket of about natural size partly broken away, and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of same. 1

Similar characters of reference denote-like parts in all the figures.

My novel shade-brackets are preferably made of metalfor instance, of brass, copper,

" steel, or iron. They consist each, essentially,

of a base plate provided with guides, a bracket adapted to be mounted in said baseplate and horizontally moved in one direction alon said guides, and a spring on said bracket w 'ch secures the bracket directly in the adjusted position on the base-plate without any further operation.

, Fig. 3, on each side.

- byfriction.

In the drawings, a represents the baseplate, which is; usually made from four to six inches long. The longitudinal edges of the plate areturned over, forming thereby the guides 11 and leaving a groove 0, as shown in At each end the plate is somewhat. reducedin Width and rounded iofi. Near each end of the plate and'in the longitudinal center portion there is a screwhole d, by means of which the plate is permanently secured to' the window-frame.

The plate'and guides are made of one piece,

and it is plainly seen that its cost is trifling.

' The bracket e is stamped out of one piece of metal and then bent into the shape shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The broad base part c fits in the guides b, so that it may be horizontally moved therein. The elongated long portion 6 .is bent up from the base part 6 at a right angle thereto and contains in its front portion the incision'ei'wherein the gudgeon f of the shade-roller g is located when the shade h is mounted. The base part c of the bracket is provided on its left-hand side with two incisions e, leaving a center portion a which is j rectangularly turned up on both sides, form- ,ingthere the two flanges 6 of which each. is provided with an opening in its center.

A wire spring 0'. is located in the openings, of the flanges e of .the base part of'the bracket.

. This spring is rectangularlybent on both sides in a, rearwarddirection and then again out wardly and down, as shown in Figs. 2 and3. The ends of thespring are at such a distance from each other as to fit into the grooves of the guides and are held there by friction.

- The spring is preferably made of steel wire, so

as toretain its shape durin use.

- AssumingInow that the bracket shall be mounted in the base-plate on the left-hand side of the window-frame, then the base part 6 of the bracket is inserted in the grooves c of the guides b and the bracket drawn in in the direction from left to right, as shown in Fig. 2. When the bracket has been moved horizontally so far that the ends of the spring ireachthe grooves, then said ends are forced therein and retain the bracket in its position It is plainly seen from Fig. 3 that the ends of the spring engage the inner surface of the guides. When trying to push the bracket from right to left, then it will be found. that same cannot--be moved, because the bracket is permanently secured in the re-. spective position by the spring '5 as far as a Ire the bracket on the baselate in any adjusted position. The peculiar y-bent sprlng retains it directly. Thus not only the construction, but also the operation of the device, is very simple. It takes less time to mount shades in my brackets than in those heretofore used, because one operation less is necessary with my brackets. It is plainly understood that the bracket 0n the rlght-hand side of the Windew-frame is operated in a reverse manner.

It 1s moved from right to left on the baselate. I.) When it is desired to mount a shade of different width than the one previously used, as 'it may happen when a new party moves into a flat or house, and assuming that the new shade to be inserted is narrower than the one previously employed, then the brackets are moved toward each other. The bracket shown in Fig. 2 represents the one on the left side of the window-frame and is moved from left to right, while the other one on the right side of the Window-frame is moved from right to left, both in a horizontal direction, whereby the distance between them is lessened. As soon as the gudgeons of the shaderoller rest in the brackets in the desired location the horizontal movement is stopped, and then the shade is mounted. In case a wider shade is to be'mounted than the one previously used, then both brackets are completely drawn out of the base-plates and again inserted at their outerends. This time they cannot be moved in so far, because the new shade is wider. In Fig. 1 a shade is shown to be mounted which is relatively narrow.

= Therefore the brackets are close together.

When both brackets are in the location on the base-plates, as the one shown in Fig. 2

. that is, at the outer ends-then a shade of greater width may be mounted.

In the described manner I have provided no-vel shade-brackets which are plain in construction, cheaply manufactured, and easily operated.

With its ends in the guides of the base- )latc and adapted to lock the bracket directly in the adjusted position by friction, and means on the latter for receiving the roller-gudgeon of the shade.

2. Shade-brackets comprising each a baseplate with guides, a bracket mounted thereon consisting of a base part which slides in said guides, two incisions at one end of the base part, a central portion between said incisions, two side flanges on the central portion having each an opening, and a wire spring in the flanges bent rearwardly on each side at a right angle and then down and outwardly resting with its ends in the guides and adapted to lock the bracket in the adjusted position by friction on the base-plate, and means on the former for supporting the rollerg'udgeon of the shade.

3. In a shade-bracket a bracket proper consisting of a base part, two incisions at one side end of same, a central portion between said incisions, two side flanges on said central portion rectangular thereto and having each an opening, a wire spring loosely secured in the openin s bent on each side rearwardly at a right ang e and then down and outwardly, and a rectangular portion at the other end of the base part integral therewith and adapted to receive the roller-gudgeon of the shade.

Signed at West Hoboken, New Jersey, this 26th day of September, 1905.

HENRY MEYER.

Witnesses:

LUDWIG K. BoHM,

unsoN O. FRANooIs 

